A collection of commonly declared variables for my .py scripts

template.py

import pygame

screen = pygame.display.set_mode([1024, 768])
height = pygame.display.Info().current_h
width = pygame.display.Info().current_w
pygame.display.set_caption('Window Caption')
clock = pygame.time.Clock()

#define some commonly used colours
WHITE       = (255, 255, 255)
LIGHTGREY   = (192, 192, 192)
MEDIUMGREY  = (128, 128, 128)
DARKGREY    = (64,   64,  64)
BLACK       = (  0,   0,   0)
RED         = (255,   0,   0)
GREEN       = (  0, 255,   0)
BLUE        = (  0,   0, 255)
YELLOW      = (255, 255,   0)
MAGENTA     = (255,   0, 255)
CYAN        = (  0, 255, 255)
                                 
#define the dimensions of our universe
screen = pygame.display.set_mode([1024, 768])
height = pygame.display.Info().current_h
width = pygame.display.Info().current_w
#set the caption of the window
pygame.display.set_caption('Star Game')
#create a var that will control frame rate
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
#initialize space for it to carry sounds
pygame.mixer.init(44100, -16, 2, 4096)
#create the window
pygame.init()
#make the mouse pointer invisible
pygame.mouse.set_visible(0)

app_is_alive = True

while app_is_alive:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            print "Exiting... All hail the void!"
            app_is_alive = False
        if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN and event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
            print "Exiting... All hail the void!"
            app_is_alive = False
            
    #my soul knows only darkness
    screen.fill(BLACK)
    
    #redraw everything we've asked pygame to draw
    pygame.display.flip()

    #set frames per second
    clock.tick(30)

#quit gracefully
pygame.quit()